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Trayvon Martin
July 15, 2013
Adam Kirsch
What Would James Agee Say About the George Zimmerman Trial?
July 10, 2013
Laura Bennett
CNN Is Bad at Tabloid Journalism
July 2, 2013
John McWhorter
A New "C-Word"?
The ludicrous debate over the word "cracker"
August 7, 2012
Amy Sullivan
Richard Land Goes Out On the Bottom
April 20, 2012
Timothy Noah
“I Did Not Know If He Was Armed Or Not”
April 3, 2012
John McWhorter
The Haunting Ordinariness of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman
March 29, 2012
Thomas Stackpole
Did Zimmerman’s Own Gun Make Him Think Trayvon Was Dangerous?
March 27, 2012
Rochelle Gurstein
Why Trayvon Martin’s Death Has Sparked a Call For Dignity
His hoodie became a symbol.

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